In recent years, the Supreme Court has allowed some illegally seized evidence to be admitted under very narrow circumstances, such as when the police were not at fault (for example, the judge signing the warrant puts the wrong date). Such an example of the relaxing of rules is referred to as

a. blind obedience.
b. the ignorance rule.
c. the good faith exception.
d. judicial malfeasance.
e. judicial oversight.


ANS: C

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